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National Cycling Participation Survey

Tasmania

National Cycling Participation Survey 2015: Tasmania

Prepared by

Cameron Munro

Publisher

Austroads Ltd. Level 9, 287 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone: +61 2 8265 3300 [email protected] www.austroads.com.au

Project Manager

Tony Arnold

Abstract

The National Cycling Participation Survey (NCPS) is a standardised survey that has been repeated biennially since March/April 2011, with minor changes to the survey structure between 2011 and 2013. The NCPS provides data on cycling participation at a national level and allows for estimates of participation for each state and territory, and the capital cities and non-capital areas within each state and territory.

The survey suggests that 17.8% (95% CI: 15.8% - 19.7%) of Tasmanian residents ride a bicycle in a typical week. More than one third (34.8%, 95% CI: 32.5% - 37.1%) had done so in the past year. The cycling participation rate as measured over the previous week appears to have recovered to 2011 levels in 2015, after declining significantly in 2013. The trend in participation over the previous year differs by region between 2013 and 2015; participation has decreased in Hobart but increased in regional areas.

About Austroads Austroads’ purpose is to:

• promote improved Australian and New Zealand transport outcomes

• provide expert technical input to national policy development on road and road transport issues

• promote improved practice and capability by road agencies

• promote consistency in road and road agency operations.

Austroads membership comprises the six state and two territory road transport and traffic authorities, the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, the Australian Local Government Association, and NZ Transport Agency. Austroads is governed by a Board consisting of the chief executive officer (or an alternative senior executive officer) of each of its eleven member organisations:

• Roads and Maritime Services New South Wales

• Roads Corporation Victoria

• Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland

• Main Roads Western Australia

• Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure South Australia

• Department of State Growth Tasmania

• Department of Transport Northern Territory

• Territory and Municipal Services Directorate, Australian Capital Territory

• Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

• Australian Local Government Association

• New Zealand Transport Agency.

The success of Austroads is derived from the collaboration of member organisations and others in the road industry. It aims to be the Australasian leader in providing high quality information, advice and fostering research in the road transport sector.

Keywords

National Cycling Strategy, cycling participation, active transport

ISBN 978-1-925294-59-0

Austroads Publication No. AP-C91-15

Publication date July 2015

Pages 30

© Austroads 2015

This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without the prior written permission of Austroads.

This report has been prepared for Austroads as part of its work to promote improved Australian and New Zealand transport outcomes by providing expert technical input on road and road transport issues.

Individual road agencies will determine their response to this report following consideration of their legislative or administrative arrangements, available funding, as well as local circumstances and priorities.

Austroads believes this publication to be correct at the time of printing and does not accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of information herein. Readers should rely on their own skill and judgement to apply information to particular issues.

Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 Perception indicators ....................................................................... 1 1.3 Weighting ........................................................................................ 2 1.4 Statistical significance ..................................................................... 2 1.5 Survey sample ................................................................................ 2

2 Results ............................................................................................ 3

3 Rider perceptions......................................................................... 10

Appendix A: Data Tables................................................................ 15

Appendix B: Survey Script............................................................. 18

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1 Introduction 1.1 Background The National Cycling Participation Survey (NCPS) is a standardised survey that has been repeated biennially since March/April 2011. The NCPS provides data on cycling participation at a national level and allows for estimates of participation for each state and territory, and the capital cities and non-capital areas within each state and territory.

The primary survey objective is to obtain accurate data on cycling participation to monitor performance towards the National Cycling Strategy 2011-16 target of doubling cycling participation. The objective is to measure participation rather than travel. Participation is defined as the number of individuals who have cycled for any journey or purpose and in any location over a specified time period. By comparison, travel is the number of cycling trips that occurred over that time period, and may include the distance travelled, purpose and so on. Participation is much easier to define, and for individuals to recall, than travel. It is reasonable to expect an individual would remember whether they had ridden a bicycle over the past week, month or year, but far less likely they would be able to accurately recall the number of trips they have made over that period. Further details on the method and results used in NCPS are reported in detail elsewhere1.

The survey is a telephone-based survey of residents of the study area, and includes coverage of mobile-only households. As cycling participation is greatest among children, it is critical that the survey have coverage of this group. Data on cycling participation of those aged under 15 is obtained by asking an adult in the household to report on behalf of other household members, including children. The survey fieldwork is undertaken by Market Solutions Pty Ltd and the data analysis and reporting is provided by CDM Research.

1.2 Perception indicators An extension to the survey provides a series of attitudinal indicators which provide information on:

• feelings of comfort while riding in the municipality,

• change in cycling conditions over the past 12 months,

• barriers to riding for different purposes (commuting, education, shopping, recreation and to access public transport), and

• priorities for council to consider in improving cycling conditions.

As these questions require some insight into current cycling conditions only individuals who had ridden at least once in the past 12 months in the local government area were subject to these questions. Those who had not ridden at all in the past 12 months, or had only done so outside the municipality, were excluded from these questions. The barriers to cycling by non-cyclists have been widely studied and so are well understood. The survey does not look to investigate these barriers.

In addition to the perception questions the other main change to the cycling participation survey was to select the main respondent randomly from all household members aged 15 or above (using the next birthday method). This method avoids biases that are introduced by speaking only to the household member who answers the phone (who is not a randomly selected household member). This bias was unimportant with the cycling participation survey, as:

1 Munro, C. (2011) Australian Cycling Participation: Results of the 2011 National Cycling Participation Survey, Austroads Publication No. AP-C91-11.


a) participation information was sought on all household members (via proxy for all others than the main respondent), and

b) only objective information (i.e. participation and demographics) were sought.

However, subjective information (i.e. the cycling perception component of the survey) cannot be gathered by proxy, and so it was necessary to ensure that the main respondent was drawn from all household members without bias.

1.3 Weighting The person-level data are weighted at the gender and age level (2 – 9, 10 – 24, 25 – 49, 50+) to the ABS census 2011 population. The household-level data are weighted to ABS census 2011 household size (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+ usual residents). The number of persons cycling is estimated by expanding the 2011 weights to estimated resident population for 30 June 2014 provided by the ABS.

1.4 Statistical significance The estimates presented in this report are based on a sample of residents from Tasmania. These estimates are subject to sampling variability as only a proportion of residents (approximately 1.0% of the resident population) were interviewed. The approach adopted in this report to represent this variability is to identify estimates where the relative standard error (RSE) exceeds 25% (denoted by a *) and exceeds 50% (denoted by **). Larger RSEs imply lower accuracy. As such, estimates denoted with a * should be treated with caution and those denoted with ** should be considered unreliable.

In some instances, for example for participation rates, the 95% confidence interval is reported. This represents the range within which we would expect the true population estimate to reside 95% of the time. Significant differences between parameters are present where the point estimate falls outside the confidence interval of a comparison parameter.

1.5 Survey sample The sample consisted of 606 households containing 1,356 individuals. From the sample of 606 main respondents (i.e. the individual aged 15 or above with the next birthday that was selected for the interview) 114 had cycled at least once in the past year and so were presented with the perceptions component of the survey.


2 Results The survey suggests that 17.8% (95% CI: 15.8% - 19.7%) of Tas residents ride a bicycle in a typical week. More than one third (34.8%, 95% CI: 32.5% - 37.1%) had done so in the past year (Figure 2.1). The cycling participation rate as measured over the previous week appears to have recovered to 2011 levels in 2015, after declining significantly in 2013. The trend in participation over the previous year differs by region between 2013 and 2015; participation has decreased in Hobart but increased in regional areas.

Figure 2.1: Cycling participation of residents (error bars represent 95% confidence intervals)

These participation rates translate to approximately 91,600 residents riding in a typical week and 179,300 residents riding at least once in a typical year.


The cycling participation rate does not appear to vary greatly between Hobart and regional Tasmania (Figure 2.2).

Figure 2.2: Cycling participation comparison by area

Males are significantly more likely to have ridden in the past week than females, although the difference in participation rate is slightly less in regional Tasmania than in Hobart (Figure 2.3).

Figure 2.3: Cycling participation by gender


The highest cycling participation rate (measured as those who had ridden in the past week) was among children aged under 10 (Figure 2.4). The higher participation rate in regional Tasmania appears to be predominately a result of higher participation among young adults, and possibly also among older children.

Figure 2.4: Cycling participation by age


The increase in cycling participation measured over the past week appears to have occurred across all gender and age cohorts with the exception of those aged over 50 (Figure 2.5). The greatest differences are among children, who also have much high cycling participation rates.

Figure 2.5: Cycling participation by age and gender


Those who indicated that they had ridden at least once over the past year were asked whether they had been cycling for a long period consistently, had recently started riding again or were altogether new to riding. This sample corresponds only to those aged 15 and over, which will contribute to the low proportion of those new to cycling. Around 28% of those riding in the past year in 2015 had returned after a break of a year or more, significantly more than in 2013 (Figure 2.6). This reflects a significant extent of churn in cycling participation.

Figure 2.6: Cycling history

Among those who had ridden in the past year and were aged 15 or over who had indicated they had been riding continuously for more than a year, more (33%) indicated they were riding less often than more often (20%) (Figure 2.7). This is a reversal of the situation in 2013.

Figure 2.7: Cycling frequency


Of the Tasmanians who cycled in the last month, 91% cycled for recreation and 27% used a bicycle for transport (Figure 2.8). There was no significant difference between Hobart and regional areas.

Figure 2.8: Cycling for recreation in comparison to cycling for transport


Among those who had ridden at least once in the past year, and had travelled at least once for one of the transport purposes (commuting, education, public transport, shopping and visiting friends or relatives) most had ridden to visit friends, for commuting, education or shopping (Figure 2.9). Very few had ridden to access public transport.

Figure 2.9: Purpose of cycling for transport

Around 56 of households have access to at least one working bicycle (Figure 2.10).

Figure 2.10: Bicycle ownership by household


3 Rider perceptions Those who had ridden at least once in the past year and were aged 15 or over were asked about their perceptions of riding in their local area. Most of those who had ridden indicated they felt comfortable (60%) doing so, a significant increase from 2013 (Figure 3.1).

Figure 3.1: Can you tell me how comfortable you feel riding in your area?

More riders felt conditions had improved over the past year (28%) than deteriorated (10%) (Figure 3.2). The proportion who feel conditions have worsened has increased marginally since 2013.

Figure 3.2: In the past year, do you think that cycling conditions in your area have become much better, better,

about the same, worse or much worse?


Respondents who had ridden in the past year were asked whether they had travelled to work, education (school or university), shopping, public transport or participated in recreational exercise or fitness in the past year. For those that had undertaken these activities, they were asked whether they had ridden a bicycle for any of these purposes. Most of those who had ridden in the past year had done so at least once for recreation or exercise (91%), and half (50%) had done so for shopping (Figure 3.3). There may have been a decrease in cycling for education since 2013.

Figure 3.3: In the past year have you used a bicycle for any of these purposes?

Respondents who had travelled for the activities listed above, and who indicated they had not used a bicycle to do so, were asked why this was the case. For those who had not ridden to work (Figure 3.4) the most commonly cited reasons were:

• too far (51%),

• prefer other method (22%), and

• too many items to carry (21%).

For those who had not ridden to school or education (Figure 3.5) the most commonly cited reasons were:

• too far (49%),

• prefer other method (28%), and

• too dangerous (8%).


Figure 3.4: Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to work in the past year?

Figure 3.5: Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to school or university in the past year?


For those that had not ridden for shopping (Figure 3.6), the most commonly cited reasons were:

• they had too many items to carry (32%), and

• too far (25%).

Figure 3.6: Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to shops in the past year?

Respondents were asked to prioritise actions that the road authority could take to encourage bicycle riding. The most supported actions, as shown in Figure 3.7, were:

• better connections between bike paths and schools (71% of respondents rated this a very high or high priority),

• more off-road paths and cycleways (69%),

• more on-road bicycle lanes (59%),

• more signs highlighting bicycle routes (51%), and

• better connections between bike paths and parks and swimming pools (49%).


Figure 3.7: How important are the following actions council could take to encourage bike riding?


Appendix A: Data Tables The following table summarises the survey results. Estimates are provided for each parameter, as well as the 95% confidence interval and a confidence rating. This confidence rating provides an indication of the sampling variability relative to the size of the estimate using relative standard errors. The lower the relative standard error the lower the sampling variability is relative to the size of the estimate. A relative standard error of less than 25% is indicated by three stars, between 25% and 50% by two stars and above 50% by one star. A score of three stars indicates a high level of confidence such that the estimate can be treated with a high degree of confidence. A confidence rating of two stars indicates a moderate level of confidence, such that the estimate should be treated with caution. One star represents a situation where there is very low confidence in the estimate, and it is unlikely to be reliable.


Table A.1: Participation statistics

Sample statistics

No. of households: 606

No. of individuals: 1,356

Cycling participation Estimate 95% confidence

interval Confidence

rating

% who rode last week 17.8% 15.8-19.7% ***

% who rode last month 23.8% 21.7-25.9% ***

% who rode in past year 34.8% 32.5-37.1% ***

No. who rode last week 91,600 81,600-101,600 ***

No. who rode last month 122,700 111,900-133,500 ***

No. who rode in past year 179,300 167,400-191,200 ***

Participation by demography

Gender

% of males who rode last week 20.7% 17.6-23.7% ***

% of females who rode last week 15% 12.6-17.5% ***

Age

% of 0-9 yr olds who rode last week 57.7% 48.7-66.7% ***



% of 30 to 49 yr olds who rode last week 12.7% 8.3-17.1% ***

% of 50 yr+ olds who rode last week 4% 2.3-5.6% ***

Gender by Age

Male: 0-9 yr 52.7% 40.1-65.3% ***

Male: 10-17 yr 41.1% 29.4-52.8% ***

Male: 18-29 yr 16.3% 7.4-25.2% **

Male: 30-49 yr 16.4% 9.3-23.6% ***

Male: 50 yr+ 6.4% 3.3-9.4% ***

Female: 0-9 yr 63% 50.1-75.9% ***

Female: 10-17 yr 25.5% 14-37.1% ***

Female: 18-29 yr 12% 3.6-20.4% **

Female: 30-49 yr 9.2% 4-14.4% **

Female: 50 yr+ 1.8% 0.2-3.3% **


Table A.1 (cont.): Participation statistics

Participation by purpose Estimate 95% confidence interval

Confidence rating

Summary

% of those who rode in past week for recreation/exercise 90.9% 87.1-94.6%

*** % of those who rode in past week for transport 26.6% 20.8-32.4% *** Detail

% of those who rode in past week for commuting 7.8% 4.4-11.1%

*** % of those who rode in past week for education 8.2% 4.6-11.9% *** % of those who rode in past week for shopping 8.5% 5-11.9% *** % of those who rode in past week to train/tram/bus 1.7% 0-3.6%

* % of those who rode in past week to visit friends/relatives 9.6% 5.6-13.6%

*** Cycling travel

Caution: cycling travel estimates are biased by self-reporting and recall limitations, and should be treated with a high level of caution.

Average number of days ridden by those that had ridden in past week 3.1 2.8-3.4 ***

Average time ridden (mins) in past week by those that had ridden 176 147-206 ***

Household characteristics

% of households without a working bicycle 44.1% 40.7-47.5% *** % of households with one working bicycle 17.5% 14.4-20.6% *** % of households with two working bicycles 14.4% 11.6-17.2% *** % of households with three working bicycles 24% 21.2-26.9% ***


Appendix B: Survey Script INTRODUCTION

My name is (…) calling on behalf of [insert relevant state roads authority or Council] from Market Solutions, a social and market research company. Today we are conducting a quick survey about the travel habits of people across Australia. The survey will be used to track travel patterns over time. Would you be able to spend a few minutes describing a little about the way you get around?

RESPONDENTS MUST BE AGED 15 YEARS OR OVER. DO NOT MENTION CYCLING IN INTRO.

USE BIRTHDAY SCREENER TO SELECT MAIN RESPONDENT

Your responses will be held strictly confidential. My supervisor may listen to parts of this interview to assist in quality control monitoring.

CONTINUE 1

Schedule Callback 2

Soft refusal 3

Hard refusal 4

Non qualifying 5

Not a residential number 6

Terminated early 7

Communication difficulty 8

Language other than English 9

No contact on final attempt 10

Over quota 11

Duplicate 12

Away for duration of study 13

Non working number 14

No answer 15

Answering machine – msg left 16

Answer mach. – other attempts 17

Engaged 18

Incorrect details 19

CONFIRM LOCATION (LGA, REGION)


Q.1. We are interested in speaking to people who live in [READ IN POSTCODE]. Can you confirm this is your postcode?

Yes 1

No (SPECIFY POSTCODE) 2

Q.2. Ask only Council samples – otherwise go to next question

And can you confirm that your council area is (READ IN COUNCIL AREA)?

INSERT COUNCIL AREA .......................................

CHECK QUOTAS AND CONTINUE OR TERMINATE AS REQUIRED

SECTION 1: MAIN RESPONDENT’S TRAVEL

Q.3. In the last 7 days, have you used any of the following? (READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

Car as a driver 1

Car as a passenger 2

Motorcycle 3

Train 4

Bus 5

Tram 6

Bicycle, even just riding in your backyard 7

None of the above 8

INTERVIEWER NOTE: DEFINITIONS OF BICYCLES INCLUSIONS:

• ADULT AND CHILDREN’S BICYCLES WITH TWO OR MORE WHEELS

• CHILDRENS BICYCLES WITH TRAINING WHEELS

EXCLUSIONS:

• ANY REGISTERED VEHICLES (E.G. MOPEDS)

• CHILDREN RIDING TOYS SUCH AS TRICYCLES AND SCOOTERS

• CHILDREN WHO ARE IN A SEAT OR TRAILER ON A BICYCLE

• RIDING ON A STATIONARY EXERCISE BICYCLE


Q.4. Ask if did not ride in the last 7 days – otherwise go to next question

When did you last ride a bicycle? (READ OUT) (ONE ONLY)

In the last 2 weeks 1



More than a month ago 4

More than a year ago 5

Never 6

Q.5. Ask if last rode in the last 7 days – otherwise go to Q.7

In the last 7 days, on how many days did you ride a bicycle?

INSERT NO. DAYS ................................................

Q.6. What is your best estimate of the total time you have spent riding over the past 7 days?

INTERVIEWER NOTE: Record number of HOURS. e.g. 90 minutes should be recorded as

1.5 hours.

INSERT NO. OF HOURS .......................................

Q.7. Ask if rode in past 4 weeks – otherwise go to next question

For what purposes did you ride over the last 7 days/2 weeks/3 weeks/4 weeks? (READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

To or from work 1

To or from school, university or study 2

To or from shopping 3

For recreation or exercise 4

To get a train, bus or tram 5

To visit friends or relatives 6

Some other reason (Specify) 7

Q.8. Ask if rode in past year – otherwise go to Q.10

Which of the following statements best describes you? Would you say you… (READ OUT)

Are new to cycling (started cycling in the last 12 months) 1

Have started to cycle again after a break of 12 months or more 2

Have been cycling for more than 12 months 3

Q.9. Ask if rode in past year and have been cycling for more than 12 months – otherwise go to next question

And would you say that you… (READ OUT)


Cycle more frequently than a year ago 1

Cycle as frequently as a year ago 2

Cycle less frequently than a year ago 3

Q.10. Now we would like you to think about comfort when bike riding within the [AREA], that is, how at ease you feel when riding in the area. Can you tell me how comfortable you feel riding in the [AREA], are you…? (READ OUT)

Very comfortable 1

Comfortable 2

Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable 3

Uncomfortable 4

Very uncomfortable 5

(Have not ridden in the area in the past year) 6

Q.11. In the past year, do you think that cycling conditions in the [AREA] have become much better, better, about the same, worse or much worse? (READ OUT)

Much better 1

Better 2

About the same 3

Worse 4

Much worse 5

(Unsure/Don’t know) 6

Q.12. Do you have any comments regarding conditions for bike riding in the [AREA]? (RECORD VERBATIM)


Q.13. In general, in the past year have you done any of the following activities?

(READ OUT) INTERVIEWER NOTE: NOT JUST ACTIVITIES DONE ON A BICYCLE

Travel to work 1

Travel to school or university 2

Travel to the shops 3

Recreational exercise or fitness 4

Travelled on a tram, bus or train 5

(None of the above) 8

Q.14. In the past year, have you used a bicycle for any of the following…?

(READ OUT)

IF Q13=1: Travel to work Yes/No

IF Q13=2: Travel to school or university Yes/No

IF Q13=3: Travel to the shops Yes/No

IF Q13=4: For recreational exercise or fitness Yes/No

IF Q13=5: To travel to a tram, bus or train Yes/No

Q.15. IF Q13=1 & Q14!=1 - Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to work in the past year?

(DO NOT READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

Too far 1

Prefer other methods of transport 2

Too many items to carry on a bike 3

Hygiene reasons 4

Nowhere to park the bike 5

Too dangerous 6

Other (specify) 7

No particular reason 8


Q.16. IF Q13=2 & Q14!=2 - Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to school or university in the past year?


Too far 1



Hygiene reasons 4


Too dangerous 6

Other (specify) 7


Q.17. IF Q13=3 & Q14!=3 - Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to the shops in the past year?


Too far 1



Hygiene reasons 4


Too dangerous 6

Other (specify) 7


Q.18. IF Q13=4 & Q14!=4 - Why have you not used a bicycle for recreational exercise or fitness in the past year?


Prefer other forms of exercise 1

Too dangerous 2

Other (specify) 3



Q.19. IF Q13=5 & Q14!=5 - Why have you not used a bicycle for travel to the shops in the past year?


Too far 1



Hygiene reasons 4


Too dangerous 6

Too close (no need) 7

Other (specify) 8


Q.20. There are a number of actions the [AUTHORITY] could take to encourage bike riding in the [AREA]. For each of the following, can you tell me whether these are very high priority, high priority, moderate priority, low priority or not a priority?

SCALE: 1= VERY HIGH, 2=HIGH, 3=MODERATE, 4=LOW, 5=NOT A PRIORITY, 6=UNSURE

More off-road paths and cycleways __

More on-road bicycle lanes __

Better connections between bike paths and schools __

Better connections between bike paths and shops __

Better connections between bike paths and parks and swimming pools __

Better connections between bike paths and public transport __

More bicycle parking __

Lower local road speed limits __

More bike skills training __

More signs highlighting bicycle routes __

More events or campaigns that promote bike riding __

Q.21. Do you have any suggestions for actions you would like to see [AUTHORITY] take regarding bike riding in the [AREA]? (RECORD VERBATIM)

SECTION 2: MAIN RESPONDENT’S DEMOGRAPHICS

We are interested in understanding a little about those who ride bikes and those who do not. This will help us understand how interest in cycling changes over time.


Q.24. Just a couple of questions now to help us analyse responses.

GENDER: (RECORD AUTOMATICALLY)

Male 1

Female 2

Q.25. AGE: What is your age? (INSERT 99 FOR DON’T KNOW – NONE SHOULD BE UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE)

Under 2 years 1

2 to 4 years 2

5 to 9 years 3

10 to 14 years 4

15 to 17 years 5

18 to 24 years 6

25 to 29 years 7

30 to 39 years 8

40 to 49 years 9

50 to 59 years 10

60 to 69 years 11

70 to 79 years 12

80 years or over 13

(Refused) 14

Q.26. OCCUPATION: Which of the following categories apply to you at the moment? (READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

Student – Full time 1

Student – Part time 2

Work – Full time (>35hrs/week) 3

Work – Part time (<35hrs/week) 4

Work – Casual 5

Work – Unpaid voluntary work 6

Unemployed and looking for work 7

Home duties 8

Pensioner – not retirement age 9

Retired – on pension 10

Retired – not on pension 11

Other (Specify) 12

(Refused) 13


Q.27. How many people usually live in your household? INCLUDE ALL AGES – A RESIDENT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS, OR WILL, LIVE AT THE HOUSEHOLD FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 3 MONTHS

RECORD NUMBER...............................................

Ask next section if household has more than 1 member – otherwise go to close

SECTION 3: OTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS TRAVEL

INTRO > 2 PEOPLE IN HOUSEHOLD:

We would now like to understand a little about the way the other people in your household use bikes and get a little detail about them. Starting with the oldest person in the household other than yourself and working down, could you tell me…?

INTRO = 2 PEOPLE IN HOUSEHOLD:

We would now like to understand a little about the way other people in your household use a bike and get a little detail about them, could you tell me…?

ASK Q.28 – Q.35 FOR EACH OTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBER THEN GO TO CLOSE

Q.28. GENDER: What is their gender?

Male 1

Female 2

Q.29. AGE: What is their age? (INSERT 99 FOR DON’T KNOW)

Under 2 years 1

2 to 4 years 2

5 to 9 years 3

10 to 14 years 4

15 to 17 years 5

18 to 24 years 6

25 to 29 years 7

30 to 39 years 8

40 to 49 years 9

50 to 59 years 10

60 to 69 years 11

70 to 79 years 12

80 years or over 13


(Refused) 14

(Don’t know) 15

Q.30. Ask for each person aged five years or over – otherwise go to next section OCCUPATION: Which of the following categories apply to THIS PERSON at the moment? (READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

Student – Full time 1

Student – Part time 2

Work – Full time (>35hrs/week) 3

Work – Part time (<35hrs/week) 4

Work – Casual 5

Work – Unpaid voluntary work 6

Unemployed and looking for work 7

Home duties 8

Pensioner – not retirement age 9

Retired – on pension 10

Retired – not on pension 11

Other (Specify) 12

(Refused) 13

Child – not school age 14

Q.31. In the last 7 days, has this person used any of the following methods of transport? (READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

Car as a driver 1

Car as a passenger 2

Motorcycle 3

Train 4

Bus 5

Tram 6

Bicycle, even just riding in your backyard 7

None of the above 8

(Don’t know) 7

INTERVIEWER NOTE: DEFINITIONS OF BICYCLES

INCLUSIONS:




EXCLUSIONS:





Q.32. Ask if did not ride in the last 7 days – otherwise go to next question

When did THIS PERSON last ride a bicycle? (READ OUT) (ONE ONLY)




More than a month ago 4

More than a year ago 5

Never 6

(Don’t know) 7

Q.33. Ask if last rode in the last 7 days – otherwise go to Q21

In the last 7 days, on how many days did they ride a bicycle? (RECORD 99 FOR DON’T KNOW)

INSERT NO. DAYS ................................................

Q.34. What is your best estimate of the total time they have spent riding over the past 7 days?

(RECORD 99 FOR DON’T KNOW)

INTERVIEWER NOTE: Record number of HOURS. E.g. 60 minutes should be recorded as 1 hour.

Minutes Hours Minutes Hours

INSERT NO. OF HOURS .......................................


Q.35. Ask if rode in past 4 weeks, otherwise go to next question

For what purposes did they ride over the last 7 days/2 weeks/3 weeks/4 weeks? (READ OUT) (ACCEPT MULTIPLES)

To or from work 1

To or from school, university or study 2

To or from shopping 3

For recreation or exercise 4

To get a train, bus or tram 5

To visit friends or relatives 6

Some other reason (Specify) 7

Don’t know 8

Q.36. How many bicycles in working order are in your household? INTERVIEWER NOTE: DEFINITIONS OF BICYCLES

INCLUSIONS:



EXCLUSIONS:





RECORD NUMBER...............................................

CLOSE

Q37. As part of quality control procedures, someone from our project team may wish to re-contact you to verify a couple of responses you provided today. For this reason, may I please have your first name?

RECORD FIRST NAME

Q38. As this is market research, it is carried out in compliance with the Privacy Act and the information you provided will be used only for research purposes. Your answers will be combined with those of other participants, no individual responses will be identified.


We do re-contact people from time to time for related research projects. Would it be okay if we contacted you again in the future to invite you to participate in any similar research? We will only use this information to contact you to invite you to participate in research, your details will not be passed on to any third party.

IF AGREE, SAY: We will only keep your contact details on record for 12 months. You may ask to have your details removed at any time over the next 12 months.

Agree to future research 1

Do not agree to future research 2

CLOSE: That’s the end of the interview. Thank you for your time and responses. My name is (…) from Market Solutions, if you have any queries about this survey feel free to call this office during business hours – would you like the number? (Provide number if required – 03 9372 8400 and ask to speak to Anna Lethborg. If you have any general queries, you can call the Market Research Society’s Survey Line on 1300 364 830.

RECORD INTERVIEWER'S ID

AUDITING (OFFICE ONLY)

Q39. Was the date and time of interview correct?

Yes 1

No 2

Q40. Was the interview recorded correctly?

Yes 1

No 2

Q41. Was the interviewer courteous?

Yes 1

No 2

Q42. AUDITOR'S ID

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